A mortal born and christened, but stolen by the king of the fairies and brought up in elf-land. He was sent to Lord Richard, the husband of Alice Brand, to lay on him the curse of the sleepless eye for killing his wifes brother Ethert. When Lord Richard saw the hideous dwarf he crossed himself, but the elf said, I fear not sign made with a bloody hand. Then forward stepped Alice and made the sign, and the dwarf said if any woman would sign his brow thrice with a cross he should recover his mortal form. Alice signed him thrice, and the elf became the fairest knight in all Scotland, in whom she recognised her brother Ethert. (Sir Walter Scott: Alice Brand; Lady of the Lake, iv. 12.)